Recall of Parliament

Karl Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the additional cost of police and security as a result of the recall of Parliament on 10 April 2013.

Damian Green: This information is not collected centrally. The cost of security services on the parliamentary estate is a matter for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).

Visits Abroad

Naomi Long: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what details of (a) itineraries, (b) costs and (c) other aspects of overseas visits in support of trade and investment by Ministers in his Department are published (i) routinely and (ii) on request.

Hugo Swire: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Ministers have a varied programme when they travel overseas, with trade and investment a priority on all bilateral visits.
	Details of all overseas visits undertaken by Ministers are published on a quarterly basis on the GOV.UK website.
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-quarterly-returns-hospitality-gifts-overseas-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations

Dementia

Oliver Colvile: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has a dementia strategy.

Norman Baker: The Department for Transport has no specific strategy for dementia. However, the Department recognises the importance of helping people live well with dementia.
	The Accessibility Action Plan identifies the importance of working with transport operators on staff training and best practice regarding support for disabled passengers, for example travel training schemes, including those with dementia.
	The plan can be found at the following website:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accessibility-action-plan

Railways: Franchises

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to his Department's press notice published on 25 March 2013, whether the statement that a full franchise timetable has not previously been published is correct.

Simon Burns: The press notice refers to publishing a “detailed transparent timetable”. Although a high level timetable has previously been published at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4020/rail-franchising-timetable.pdf
	the 26 March 2013 announcement provided detailed dates for every franchise competition (namely publication of OJEU notice, ITT and contract award dates) in addition to the start date for each franchise as part of the Prior Information Notice.

Staff

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many days of work were carried out by officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on average in each of the last five years; and what the total salary cost was of officials in each year.

Richard Benyon: All civil and public servants employed by core DEFRA, its executive agencies and the majority of NDPBs (except those listed here) are expected, on average, to attend for 220.5 working days per year.
	Public servants employed by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are expected, on average, to attend for 221.5 working days per year.
	Public servants employed by the Environment Agency are expected, on average, to attend for 222 working days per year.
	The total salary costs for core DEFRA, executive agencies and NDPBs are shown on page 113 of the annual report and accounts which can be viewed at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012--6
	The costs in the annual accounts will also include additional work carried out through overtime costs.

Unmanned Air Vehicles

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 24 October 2012, Official Report, column 878W, on unmanned air vehicles, if he will place in the Library the results of the review undertaken on army unmanned aerial systems training.

Andrew Robathan: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 October 2012, Official Report, column 878W. The review referred to did not result in a formal report for the Army's review of unmanned aerial systems training. The outcome of the Army's review coincided with the publication of the Hermes 450 ZK515 Service Inquiry. The outcome of the service inquiry superseded the Army's review and work is under way to improve training in line with the recommendations. A copy of the service inquiry report can be found at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-investigating-the-accident-involving-unmanned-air-system-uas-hermes-450-zk515-on-02-oct-11

Social Rented Housing: Empty Property

Stephen McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many public-sector homes in (a) England and (b) each Government office region in England were empty in each month in 2012-13.

Mark Prisk: As outlined in the written ministerial statement of 18 September 2012, Official Report, columns 32-33WS, my Department no longer publishes statistics by Government office region.
	Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district are published in the Department's live table 615 which is available at the following link. This table shows the annual number of empty homes in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants
	This table brings together figures on vacant dwellings in England drawn from several separately published sources. Monthly figures are not collected centrally.
	I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 11 December 2012, Official Report, House of Lords, column 218-19WA, on our comprehensive package of policies to get empty homes back into use.